NORTH MANCHESTER -ÊOn a rainy Saturday afternoon, Manchester and Wawasee faced off in a doubleheader and each team came out with a win.

Manchester won the first game 6-4, while Wawasee won the second 9-6.

The Squires took 1-0 lead after the first inning, but Wawasee came back to score two runs in the top of the second to take a 2-1 lead.

That one-run lead would not last for long as Lee Shafer knocked in two runs in the bottom of the second to help the Squires regain a one-run advantage.

However, Wawasee would not allow Manchester to hold the lead for long as the Warriors scored two more runs on one hit in the third to take another lead, 4-3.

The Squires battled back and scored one more run in the fourth to tie the game at four, and the game would remain scoreless until the bottom of the sixth, when Manchester's Mitch Eads, Lee Shafer and Marcus Olson each got hits to help the team score two runs to break the tie.

Manchester held the Warriors scoreless in the top of the seventh and pulled out a 6-4 win in game one.

"Wawasee stopped themselves in the first game," said Manchester coach Jack Rupley. "In the first inning, we scored our runs on an error and a sacrifice fly. They had several errors that gave us runs."

"We didn't play well in the first game," said Wawasee coach John Blunk. "We had several mental lapses."

Game two remained scoreless until the top of the second, when Wawasee's Brent Berkeypile sent one over the fence for a solo home run to give the Warriors a 1-0 advantage.

The Warriors scored another run in the top of the third to go up 2-0, but Manchester exploded for four runs on two hits in the bottom of the third to take a lead that they would hold until the top of the fifth when Wawasee tied the score at four.

The score was locked at four until the top of the seventh when thhe Wawasee bats came alive and the Warriors scored five run on six hits to go ahead 9-4.

Manchester made a run in the bottom of the seventh, scoring two runs, but the Warriors stopped the Squires with runners on second and third to come out on top 9-6.

"We battled back in the second," said Blunk. "We started to hit the ball and Tony May pitched well.

"We got some timely hits in the seventh. This game was really a total team effort."

"They just hit the ball into the gaps and we couldn't seem to get them stopped in the seventh," said Rupley.

"It was good to get the win and we are looking forward to playing in southern Indiana next week," said Blunk.

Wawasee is now 2-1 after defeating Bethany Christian Tuesday in a single game. Manchester starts the season at 1-1. [[In-content Ad]]